November 26, 2012 – Travel to New Mexico

 We continued our travels today thru western Oklahoma:

Into:

Where the roads also go on forever (the road on the far right is part of the old Route 66):

This area of the country during this time of year has some beautiful shades of beige:

 

We went past Groom, Texas that has the leaning water tower:

And this huge cross:

Past Cadillac Ranch (we explored the area around Amarillo a few years ago – neat stuff here – :-)):

And wind mills – Oh My!:

Neat looking farms:

Wouldn’t you love to hear the stories that this house could tell?:

Hills in Western Texas:

An old gas station on Route 66:

And into….. New Mexico:

Where the mesas appeared:

In Santa Rosa, we got off the interstate and headed south on US-54 – Yippee!!!   I love the “blue” roads! 

Not much traffic:

Interesting scenery:

Love the face on this guy – he came near us when we were at the rest area:

Moon rise and sun set in Alamogordo, New Mexico where we stayed at the Moose – another great lodge :)

 

 

Enjoy today!

Stats:

Miles Traveled: 497 Miles – Another long day!

Routes Traveled:

Oklahoma: Elk City Lake Park; Washington Avenue; Lakeview Road; SR-6; I-40

Texas: I-40

New Mexico: I-40; US-54: First Street; Florida Avenue

November 25, 2012 – Lake Elk City

What a nice relaxing day we had here at Lake Elk City – the weather was just perfect! Not yet T-shirt but pretty darn close. 

Our site:

 

Elk City Lake Park has 5 RV sites with 30 AMP Service.  Water is available near the sites.  It was built between 1967 and 1970 for flood control and erosion.  But over the last few years the lake continues to go down.  So sad:

There were a few fisherman:

And many birds: 

And some huge fresh water clam shells:

An interesting amphitheater:

And many trees that grow this way… (must be windy more days than not).

 

The RV Area has 5 spots.  We are on the left:

Our view to the back:

Our view to the front:

So glad we took today to just take it easy.  We were here last year and took in the great museums in town.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elk_City,_Oklahoma

http://visitelkcity.com/history-of-elk-city

http://thehitzels.blogspot.com/2011/09/september-22-2011-route-66.html

Tomorrow we will continue our westward journey.

Enjoy today.

November 24, 2012 – Travel to Oklahoma

We left the Moose early this morning – we are now in Central Time but our bodies are on Eastern Time. 

Continuing our travels on I-40 West – we are now in the area of the country where we can see miles ahead:

 

Oh my, we are near home – LOL – Pottsville, AR:

Continuing our journey into:

 

Where we saw this:

Did you notice the cow to the left of the bus – maybe she is waiting for the hay to fall? – :-)

And so many rivers and lakes:

Spending time in Oklahoma is also on my bucket list..

We passed old oil rigs:

And new/working oil rigs:

And the wind was blowing – notice the flag:

The windmills were producing today:

 

This is west of Oklahoma City – check out the direction the trees grow.  Hmmm…seems like the wind must blow this way all the time…

We made our way to Elk City, Oklahoma, City Park – free, electric, and water available – can’t beat that.  And we will be here for two nights – need to take a driving break and this is a great place to do it.  I promise pictures tomorrow.

Stats for today

Miles Traveled:  458 Miles  - Yep, another long day!

Arkansas: SR-176; US-67: I-40

Oklahoma:  I-40; I-240; I-44; I-40; SR-6; Lakeview Road; Washington Avenue; Elk City Lake Park